Biomass is an essential raw material for the production of fuels and chemicals in the future, but biomass utilization faces the problems of low process efficiency, low product selectivity and low utilization ratio. The group are devoted to the basic science and technological problems involved in converting biomass into lipids and oleochemicals. Key topics include:
1) Yeast lipid production
2) Comprehensive biomass utilization
Articles:
1. Kamal R, Huang QT, Li Q, Chu YD, Yu X, Limtong S, Xue S, Zhao ZK*. “Conversion of Arthrospira platensis biomass into microbial lipids by the oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus” ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2021, 9(33), 11011–11021.
2. Liu HF, Han JY, Huang QT, Shen HW, Lei LJ, Huang ZP, Zhang ZX, Zhao ZK*, Wang F*. “Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of methyl stearate and microbial lipids to diesel-range alkanes over Pd/HPA-SiO2 catalysts” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.2020, 59(39), 17440–17450.
3. Dai XZ, Shen HW, Li Q, Rasool K, Wang Q, Yu X, Wang L, Bao J, Yu DY*, Zhao ZK* “Microbial lipid production from corn stover by the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides using the PreSSLP process” Energies 2019,12, 1053.
4. Gong ZW, Shen HW, Yang XB, Wang Q, Xie HB, Zhao ZK*. “Lipid production from corn stover by the oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus” Biotechnol. Biofuels 2014, 7, 158.
5. Shen HW, Gong ZW, Yang XB, Jin GJ, Bai FW*, Zhao ZK*. “Kinetics of continuous cultivation of the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides” J. Biotechnol. 2013, 168(1), 85–89.
6. Xie HB*, Shen HW, Gong ZW, Wang Q, Zhao ZK*, Bai FW. “Enzymatic hydrolysates of corn stover pretreated by the N-methylpyrrolidone/ionic liquids solution for microbial lipid production” Green Chem. 2012, 14(4), 1202–1210.
7. Hu CM, Wu SG, Wang Q, Jin GJ, Shen HW, Zhao ZK*. “Simultaneous utilization of glucose and xylose for lipid production by Trichosporon cutaneum” Biotechnol. Biofuels 2011, 4, 25.
